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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Shutting down XFree86-2.0 Date: 11 Feb 1994 10:54:45 GMT Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT Lines: 57 Message-ID: <2jfo5l$akg@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2iuadr$aid@portal.gmu.edu> <CKv326.KpI.3@cs.cmu.edu> <mcb.760732977@mach> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <mcb.760732977@mach>, Mike Busby <mcb@mach.eng.hou.compaq.com> wrote: >cline+@cs.cmu.edu (Kenneth Cline) writes: > >>We have been discussing this problem. The best solution for now >>seems to be switching to SYSCONS rather than PCCONS console >>support in the kernel. >The only problem with this suggestion is that if I use the SYSCONS driver, >then I don't get ANY keyboard response in X. The most common solution to this is that both the getty and X are competing for the keyboard. Another quite common problem is that the /dev entries are incorrect. Make sure /dev/console is major 0, minor 0, and /dev/vga is major 12, minor 0, and if you want to use ONLY syscons from now on remove /dev/vga and create just the ttyv0 devices. Here are my entries for /dev and the start of /etc/ttys for reference. Script started on Fri Feb 11 03:53:59 1994 bsd % ls -al console crw------- 1 root 0, 0 Feb 9 13:50 console bsd % ls -al ttyv* crw------- 1 root 12, 0 Feb 10 11:16 ttyv0 crw------- 1 root 12, 1 Feb 10 09:46 ttyv1 crw------- 1 root 12, 2 Feb 9 13:21 ttyv2 crw------- 1 root 12, 3 Jan 6 17:44 ttyv3 bsd % cat /etc/ttys # # @(#)ttys 5.1 (Berkeley) 4/17/89 # # name getty type status comments # ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" pc3 on secure ttyv1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure ttyv3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure .... bsd % Script done on Fri Feb 11 03:54:20 1994 >The bottom line is, if I use the SYSCONS driver, my keyboard is dead >after ENTERING X. If I use the PCCONS driver, my keyboard is dead >after EXITING X. Perhaps if someone would kindly post the correct >setup for SYSCONS in /etc/ttys, it would help. I took a guess and >commented out the /dev/console getty entry after adding all the ttyv* >entries. This seems to work, as far as VT's are concerned. See above. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.